Leather Laptop Tote

I found this leather laptop tote on sale a few years ago. I like that it’s small, sleek, and the perfect size for my computer. It has a removable shoulder strap so you can wear it like a purse, across your body, or carry it like a briefcase. It’s perfect for all the little things, [...]

Maybe It Does Take a Village. But We’re Not Living in a Village Anymore.

I once saw a documentary about children with Autism, which focused a lot on how parents’ lives change after a diagnosis. Many of the parents said that watching how strangers judge them and their children was even more difficult to understand than the needs of their autistic child. I learned a lot from watching that [...]

Angie's Banana Bread Recipe

A girl I work with was sweet enough to share her banana bread recipe with me, so yesterday, I made my first loaf of it! Except we don’t own a loaf pan, so I turned them into muffins. And I also added chocolate chips. But she said that was okay, because you can add any [...]

The Source

Yesterday, I was on twitter, tweeting nonsense about foul smells: Since no one has invented a camera with the “capture smell” feature (yet) I took a picture of the source of the putrid odor. I covered my face with my hijab as I got closer to take this picture, and some guy getting out of [...]

Eerie

Halloween night 2009.

An Afternoon on Skid Row

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about my experience seeing Skid Row for the first time. A few days after writing that post, The Boss told me that another office in his organization planned on distributing food to the homeless there over the weekend, and he volunteered to lead the efforts on behalf [...]

Olive Oil for Cosmetic Purposes

Many years ago while cooking, my dad was pouring olive oil into the pan when some excess dripped from the bottle, and instead of wiping it with a towel, he rubbed it into his skin like lotion and continued cooking. When I jumped from the counter top, and was all, “AH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” [...]

• February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011

• BlogHer.com Newlyweds Dish Twitter RSS